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A story reported recently in the national press is a clear example of the new tough line HM Revenue & Customs are adopting. A self-employed individual without an accountant calculated

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As you are probably aware, Labour planned to scrap the beneficial treatment of furnished holiday lets (“FHL”) from 6 April 2010.  Under the existing rules, FHL were treated as a

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A recent VAT Tribunal case Enersys Holdings UK Ltd has highlighted the potential to revisit penalties charged by HMRC where the penalty is disproportionate to the error made. In this

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I am sometimes amazed where people get their advice from.  I was at a seminar this week and was told, over coffee, by one of the businessmen there that he

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With Christmas nearly upon us, I thought it would interest readers to know some of the tax rules that surround some Christmas traditions at work. Firstly, the Christmas party: Ordinarily,

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As a follow up to my earlier blog, here are some more unusual taxes from the past and more tax planning, which shows that no matter how crafty the Taxman, those

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It’s not just this Government that is always looking for new things to tax. Throughout history, the Taxman has sought new ways to get money…and the diligent tax planner has

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HMRC have had a good run of late. 300 banks have been ordered by the tax tribunal to disclose details of offshore accounts held by their UK resident clients. Last

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Even the Politician’s have given up any thought of defending their expenses and whenever challenged seem to resign (agree not to stand again!) and adopt a stony silence. The picture

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In the mid 1980’s when I was first setting out in the profession there was a “tax payer charter” and it had some teeth. The charter set out the purposes

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Entertaining though it was, I suspect that, as ever, Panorama’s exposé of the shady goings on at Lloyds TSB’s offshore arm in Jersey generated more heat than light. Having spent

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A team member came up to me today and asked if I knew anything about the “serious client crisis”. My natural reaction was one of great concern, yet quiet confidence